Hello there, I am looking for help in identifiing a Weed which has taken over a patch of ground i have. Small bit of background, (Pardon the pun!) I have been planting potatoes in the space for the past 3-4years, last year i got manure from a local farm to spread on the ground to break down over the winter/spring before planting, my Spuds. After picking my Potatoes last Autumn the ground was left idle, and this spring i leveled off the ground to return to grass pasture, as i have moved my potatoe patch to a new area. Now over the past few weeks a very large amount of the below weed has cropped up and taken over ! Picture below i would very much like help if possible to identify what it is and how best to get rid of it ! I brought one to my local Ag stores and nobody in there had seen anything like it before... I do suspect it has come from the cow dung i spread last year as there was no sign of it prior to then. It is a braodleafed Weed that has some buds forming in the middle, none have yet flowered though as best i can make out but i am trying to identify what i have so i best know how to deal with it and return area to grass..any help much appreciated, thanks !

That is an unusual one, for me anyway, I think it might be Fat Hen. I know a good few weeds so I could tell you what it is not._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

Jaaaaysus I got one right. Wonders will never cease._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

Hello all, Many thanks tagwex for the identification ! And to Greengage for that link, that certainly looks like what i appear to have, maybe i should get myself some hens now ! Thanks again for the help folks, much apreciated !

Can anyone explain the "whoa" message after the last photo._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

Flippin' typical! Here am I TRYING to grow a close relative called Good King Henry ( and failing miserably) and there you are with a field full!

It goes back to the Bronze age as an alternative to Spinach. If you rotivate it back in you should not have any problems - unless it self seeds. But I'd make the most of a free crop first._________________Be humble, for you are made of earth
Be noble, for you are made of stars

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